DDouble punishment for Harmonie Comyn. The widow of Eric Comyn, a police officer killed in the line of duty when he refused to comply on Monday, August 26, has been harassed on social media for several days. An investigation has been opened and entrusted to the Draguignan prosecutor’s office.
According to statements from a source consulted by Agence France-Presse (AFP), “the ongoing procedure concerns various despicable messages on social networks targeting the widow, but also the police and their relatives.” Information confirmed on Wednesday, September 4 by BFMTV, which specifies that the investigation is being conducted for “cyberharassment.”
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During his opening speech on Monday, September 2, the attorney general of the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal assured that his court “would ensure that certain odious, unacceptable remarks made on the fringes of this tragedy are punished to the full extent of the identification of their authors.”
A poignant speech
On Wednesday, August 28, Harmonie Comyn expressed her emotion and anger during a tribute ceremony for her husband in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, the town in the Alpes-Maritimes where Éric Comyn had been a police officer since 2007. “I say it loud and clear. France killed my husband. The father of my children. France killed my husband through its inadequacy, its laxity, and its excess of tolerance,” the mother proclaimed in front of the audience. […] Read more
